Re: 55.1 speakers w/ mac mini -- is there adapter available?

2013-01-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Also, once you get it hooked up, at least with my old mac mini, there were settings to change in Utilities > Audio Midi Setup for using the speakers more fully. I remember this from having used a 5.1 surround system with my old mini but it had a controller you plugged the speakers into and just

Re: 55.1 speakers w/ mac mini -- is there adapter available?

2013-01-09 Thread Chris Blouch
The Mac mini audio output is a stereo mini jack like you use for most any headphones. So you'll want something that goes from stereo mini to whatever your speaker/amp inputs are. Not that the mini's audio output jack also supports digital optical output so you could run it to a surround-sound d

55.1 speakers w/ mac mini -- is there adapter available?

2013-01-08 Thread Marc Rocheleau
Hey listers, I set up my mac mini over the weekend and came upon a realization. While my P C had three speaker jacks to plug my speakers into, the mac mini only has one. As a result, I only have sound coming out of my right speaker at the moment. lol What I'm wondering is if there is some kind of